Product Description

Save space on your PC's hard drive and store your photos, music, videos and other important files on the My Book II Essential Edition external hard drive. You won't believe how easy it is to configure and use!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WDH1U10000E
• Released on: 2007-10-07
• Dimensions: 6.50" h x 2.13" w x 5.39" l, 2.54 pounds

Features

• Western Digital
• WDH1U10000E

Manufacturer's Description
Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies

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Customer Reviews

Very simple gargantuan storage
Excellent. I use it for backup and storage of photos videos, etc and it works very well. Follow advice in other reviews: reformat, don't use shipped software, etc and it works quickly and very quietly. I have just bought a second which says it all really.

Dart vader or what?
Slightly menacing presence with its flashing blue light. Easy to set up providing you remember to reformat to NTFS - never mind about saving preloaded software, Vista Backup and Restore does just fine when you configure it to recognise this drive. Vader-like humming but really quiet and never gets hot (unlike the Iomega drive it replaced, which could fry eggs). So far (after two weeks) no problems (unlike Iomega which would turn itself off overnight from time to time). Still can't work out whether it is safe to stand on its side - seems to me that dust can too easily enter the ventilation holes on top if placed in recommended vertical position. What's with some reviewers who can't work out the mains plug? Morceau de gateau mon vieux.

Useless before it even gets installed
Following all instructions properly I plugged in the device and the found new hardware icon appeared..then my PC froze. I tried again in different USB ports, also leaving my PC frozen for an hour to see if it would unfreeze, no success. My system is completely virus/spyware free so I thought the item was defective and got a replacement from Amazon-the same thing happened. I contacted Western Digital for support and after FIVE days they got back to me unable to help at all. I have now returned the item to Amazon for a full refund - I advise you to not waste your time with this or endure the stress I went through.

Freezing your PC upon plug in, when all other USB devices work fine...shoddily designed, lack of testing and a rushed product. Internet forums are full of how this device not only randomly freezes and dies but just never works. Avoid